Toilet bowl seat

ABSTRACT

A toilet bowl seat having on its both sides respectively outwardly extending a wing to provide more areas in helping support the bottom of an overweight user thus to enjoy better sitting comforts.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention is related to a toilet bowl seat, and moreparticularly to one provided for an overweight user to enjoy bettersitting comforts.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

Referring to FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings, a toilet bowl seat ofthe prior art is generally made in the shape of an egg 11 containing anopening 12 at its center, and multiple supports 13. As illustrated inFIG. 2, the toilet bowl seat 11 is provided for the user to sit on andto excrete his/her stool through the opening 12 into a toilet bowl 2.The multiple supports 13 placed on the back of the toilet bowl seat 11rests on the toilet bowl 2. In some designs, extra rubber padding 131 isattached to each support 13 to absorb noise or vibration upon placingthe toilet bowl seat 1 on the top ridge of the toil bowl 2. Usually theupper part 21 of the toilet bowl 2 is usually made in a given size andthe size of the toilet bowl seat 1 has to compromise that of the upperpart 21 of the toilet bowl 2. Generally, the inner edge of the toiletbowl seat 1 is made slightly retreated so as to reduce the space of theopening 12 to make sure that the stool falls right into the center ofthe toilet bowl 2 while making it usable for the user with a smallerbuild including the children. The design of the prior art describedabove for a toilet bowl with seat has been acceptable to most of thepeople and generally meets the purpose of use.

However, more and more people are becoming overweight and the toiletbowl seat 1 of the prior art is a discomfort to the overweight person.As illustrated in FIG. 3, when an overweight person sits on the seat,significant portions of his/her bottom and thighs extend over the toiletbowl seat 11 resulting in discomfort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a toilet bowlseat that gives better sitting comforts for an overweight person. Toachieve this purpose, a wing respectively extends from both sides of thetoilet bowl seat to support the portions of the bottom and both thighs,thus overextending the size of a normal toilet bowl seat.

Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a toilet bowlseat having the outer edges of two wings respectively extending fromboth sides of the toilet bowl seat made slightly higher and graduallyreducing its height toward the inner edge of the wing. Meanwhile, theheight is also reduced towards the front of the toilet bowl seat untilit is at the same level with the sitting part to confine the bottom ofthe user to more meet ergonomic requirements.

Another purpose yet of the present invention is to provide a toilet seatwith increased area of both wings extending each from both sides of theseat so to support both thighs of the user for more comforts. To achievethe purpose, the width of the outer side of each wing is graduallyreducing towards the front of the sitting part to naturally connect thedistal side of the sitting part.

The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction tothe present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects ofthe present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which willbecome apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detaileddescription of the invention and the claims should be read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specificationand drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similarparts.

Many other advantages and features of the present invention will becomemanifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to thedetailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which apreferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of thepresent invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a toilet bowl seat of the priorart.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the use of the prior art.

FIG. 3 is another schematic view showing the use of the prior art.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is schematic view showing the use of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and arenot intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of theinvention in any way. Rather, the following description provides aconvenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of theinvention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made inthe function and arrangement of the elements described without departingfrom the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Referring to FIG. 4, the present invention is related to an improvedtoilet seat. Wherein, a toilet seat 3 is essentially comprised of a seat31 in the shape of an egg; an opening 32 at the center of the toiletseat 31, and multiple supports on the back of the toilet seat 31. A wing311 is outwardly extended from both sides of the toilet seat 31.Multiple reinforcement ribs 312 are provided on the back of each wing311 which is alternatively connected to one another into a grillconfiguration. Certain parts of those reinforcement ribs 312 areconnected to and integrated with those supports 33 to further improvethe strength of both wings 311.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, an overweight user may sit on a toilet bowlseat 31 with both wings 312 and enjoy more comfort since most of thebottom of the user rests on the seat and both wings.

Now referring to FIG. 6, an outer edge 313 of each wing 311 is madehigher with the height gradually reducing to an inner edge 314 of thewing 311 while also gradually reducing to the front of the toilet bowlseat 31 until it is at the same level with that of the toilet bowl seat31 to confine the bottom of the user for more ergonomic requirements.

Furthermore, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the width of the outer side ofthe wing 311 is made reducing towards the front of the toilet bowl seat31 to naturally connect the front of the toilet bowl seat 31 thus toincrease the area of the wing 311 for both wings 311 to sufficientlysupport both thighs of the user, thus for the user to feel even morecomfortable when sitting on the toilet bowl seat.

It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or twoor more together may also find a useful application in other types ofmethods differing from the type described above.

While certain novel features of this invention have been shown anddescribed and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intendedto be limited to the details above, since it will be understood thatvarious omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the formsand details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be madeby those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spiritof the present invention.

1. A toilet bowl seat is comprised of a sitting part approximate in the shape of an egg, an opening disposed in the center and multiple supports on the back of the toilet bowl seat; a wing each extending outwardly from both sides of the toilet bowl seat; and multiple reinforcement ribs being provided and connected to those multiple supports on the back of each wing.
 2. The toilet bowl seat of claim 1, wherein, the width of the outer side of each wing gradually reduced towards the front of the toilet bowl seat to naturally connect the front end of the toilet bowl seat for increasing the area of each wing.
 3. The toilet bowl seat of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein, the outer edge of each wing is made higher with the height generally reducing towards the inner edge of the wing and towards the front of the toilet bowl seat until it is at the same level with that of the toilet bowl seat. 